Archaeology Insight Digest

葡萄籽在塞赫麦特神庙东侧石灰岩压榨装置内的发现，确认了古代孟菲斯居民区曾进行葡萄酒生产。这一发现将神庙从单纯宗教中心延伸为融合酿酒、居住与祭祀实践的日常社区。

Bisotun's trilingual inscription in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian served as both imperial propaganda for Darius I and the key to deciphering...

古代色雷斯手工陶器从公元前12世纪到公元4世纪连续使用近1600年，长期被视为普通器物。跨学科研究（含有机残留分析）发现，这些陶罐主要用于长期储存肉类和动物脂肪，而非仅烹饪，揭示出此前未知的区域食物分销网络。稳定技术传统由当地社区世代传承至罗马时期，证明日常器物可成为重要历史证据。

After nearly two centuries of excavations centered on royal palaces and temples, the Nimrud Lower Town Archaeological Project has produced the first...

Seventeen lead ballast weights from Mellaria point to small-net fishing in local streams, providing essential protein and diversifying the economy...

PEM's East India Marine Hall installation for the 200th anniversary revives the society's founding collection of 2,000 objects, tying Salem's local...

A distinctive ceramic vessel with a two-headed serpent handle, unearthed at a rural villa on Spain's northeastern coast, offers direct material...

Medieval monastic diets heavy in freshwater fish create major reservoir effect complications for radiocarbon dates.

• Aquatic food sources yield...

Iraqi archaeologists remain sidelined in setting research priorities despite Mesopotamia’s global impact. Foreign-led projects still dominate funding...

The Santa María—a carrack-style nau—prioritized cargo capacity and stability for unknown Atlantic crossings over the speed of caravels like the Pinta...

Scholars still debate core readings on famous inscriptions because texts are unique, damaged, or lack bilingual anchors.

• Phaistos Disc: Unique...

Vancouver's Heritage Conservation Grants Program converts funding into hands-on preservation by backing both upfront planning and physical work on...

The Dead Sea Scrolls, primarily linked to the Hebrew Bible, illuminate the religious context of the New Testament era through remarkable archaeological finds.

The Monastery of Manqabad's position at the Darb el-Arbayn desert road terminus links it directly to ancient trade routes.

Pottery studies now...

Archaeological data challenge the traditional story that agriculture and population growth inevitably produce autocrats.

• Excavations in Mesoamerica...

At the Iron Age site of Sorte Muld, specialized LED imaging captured multiple wavelengths across soil profiles, then used statistical processing to...

A new podcast episode from the Radiocarbon Laboratory connects zooarchaeology and environmental archaeology with Indigenous South American landscapes...

A mummified hairless dog and bones from at least 19 others at Castillo de Huarmey provide the first direct evidence that these distinctive animals...

• Craft innovation: 3rd-century BCE leaded bronze enabled high-relief Plastic-Style ornaments through improved castability and reduced tin use.
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The first phase of the Sorbonne Chapel restoration has restored wall paintings by Philippe de Champaigne and Louis Charles Timbal, enabling the chapel...